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Jun 2025

11m 48s

The Way You Communicate Matters

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For husbands, the ways you communicate to your wife is very different than how you talk to other men. Jim Daly and Ryan Frederick open up about how they've struggled at times in communicating with their wives. Also, Erin Smalley brings up things wives need to say to their husbands.

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